SF Giants lineup in bid for a fifth straight win

What do ballplayers do at 3:30? Joaquin Arias takes groundballs at third while relievers stretch and run in background

The Giants are shooting for a season-best five-game winning streak.

Madison Bumgarner looks to end his two-game losing streak, although he hardly deserved the last one. He held the Rockies to two runs over eight innings at Coors Field in a 2-1, complete-game loss.

Tyson Ross is making his third career start at AT&T Park. I imagine it must still be a thrill for the Bishop O’Dowd and Cal product to pitch in Northern California.

He lost both of his prior starts here, one with Oakland and the other with the Padres, but the Giants were not able to solve him at Petco Park 10 nights ago. Ross pitched eight shutout innings to beat Matt Cain 2-1.

The Giants’ only run in that game was a ninth-inning home run by Brandon Belt off Huston Street.

Belt is playing again, needing to just put the ball in play. Since homering in the seventh inning of Wednesday’s 12-10 win at Coors Field, he is 0-for-13 with a walk and 10 strikeouts.